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A Short Guide to the Lesser-Known Guitars of Jimi Hendrix

A while back I posted an article on the little know guitars of SSRV--now an article about the same for Jimi
Most people think of the Strat first--and i is certainly what he was best known for--but both before & after he became known--and before & after (& concurrent with) the Strat were other guitars--includign some cool ones...

I'd guess you heard the story about the Purple Haze leads being done (overdubs) on a Telecaster? I did read a book about it, I thought the evidence was pretty convincing. I have heard this rumor a few different times, but don't know how many actual facts are out there about it.

I'd guess you heard the story about the Purple Haze leads being done (overdubs) on a Telecaster? I did read a book about it, I thought the evidence was pretty convincing. I have heard this rumor a few different times, but don't know how many actual facts are out there about it.

I think this is more than urban legends....Most of the reliable sources say that the guitar came into Jimi's hands for the recording of Purple Haze, through a friend of Neil Reddings. Redding ended up with the Tele when his Hendrix days were done, sold it to a Hendrix roadie, and it eventually was sold in a London music store in 1973.

this is actually really cool. I always liked these kinds of articles. early artists and their guitars. I can only think of a few artists that still have their guitars when they were starting up to when they got famous.

In some ways, I'm surprised that Hendrix didn't gravitate toward Telecasters rather than Strats. The Tele would have been an easier guitar to flip for a left-handed player because of the control layout and output jack location.